Rams Cruise to Victory in Home Opener

Dec 10, 2008

Rams Cruise to Victory in Home Opener

Farmingdale State - 80, Bard College - 52

Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Rams cruised to victory
with an 80-52 win over Bard College (0-8, 0-4), scoring 41 points
off turnovers, in tonight's Skyline Conference men's basketball
game played in Farmingdale, N.Y. Farmingdale State now stands at
6-2 overall, 2-1 in the conference.

The Rams held a 15-point lead at the half, 42-27, behind senior
guard Joe Cammarata's (Levittown, N.Y./MacArthur) 13 first half
points and junior guard Terrence Howard's (Queens, N.Y./Cardozo)
six rebounds, including five offensive. Junior guard David Pollett
(Little Rock, Ariz./Lutheran) led for Bard in the first with 13
points.

In the second, Farmingdale continued scoring, building up a
33-point lead with four minutes to go. The Rams finished with five
players in double figures, with Howard recording his first career
double-double of 14 points and 13 rebounds. Cammarata led with 17
points, senior guard Damien Santana (Brooklyn, N.Y./Grady) with 15
points and six steals, senior forward Erastus Shannon (Amityville,
N.Y./Copiague) with 13 points and junior forward Dan Phillips
(Baldwin, N.Y./Baldwin) 11 with points. Senior forward Davon
Jackson (New York, N.Y./Rice) pulled down nine rebounds.